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Majority of Americans now use ad blockers (www.theregister.com)

submitted 7 months ago by ylai@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] QuaternionsRock@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The benefits massively outweigh the risks when it comes to open source ad blockers (lets be honest, we’re all talking about uBO), but limiting your attack surface is a very widely practiced concept in cubersecurity, and there’s no situation where it is totally without merit.

[–] kadu@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Not using a browser extension but loading JavaScript isn't limiting your attack surface

[–] psivchaz@reddthat.com 3 points 7 months ago

To be fair, I bet some percentage of those that don't use an ad blocker ARE using something like no script and just don't need one as a result.